IMC Steps Up Response to Humanitarian Crisis in Somalia

August 7, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA/Washington, DC – International Medical Corps (IMC) has positioned additional health workers and medical supplies to address the most urgent health problems of tens of thousands of displaced Somalis in and around the western city of Beletweyne. About 50 percent of the city’s inhabitants are said to have fled after they were caught in violent clashes between Ethiopian backed government forces and Islamist insurhttp://www.imc-la.com/content/media/detail/1857/gents. Many are now in need of medical assistance without shelter, food, or clean water. more.